Freshwater Tropical Fish

Australian Rainbowfish

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

Thank you for this info, it is helping me with my project. Thank you! :)
annabel

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Buenos Aires Tetra

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

The Buenos Aires Tetras are great fish; they are excellent in my 300 gallon community aquarium, even leaving the tiny Glowlight tetras alone. Having more than 6 of them helps minimize any aggression toward other fish. A while back, I purchased a few more smaller Buenos Aires Tetras, and had them for a time in a 10 gallon quarantine tank. Very recently, I purchased a few more Glowlight tetras and Bloodfin tetras and put them in the quarantine tank that the Buenos Aires Tetras had been in. To my surprise, I noticed babies swimming around in the quarantine tank, so I removed the Glowlights and Bloodfins and placed them temporarily in a tank with some catfish. Apparently, the Buenos Aires Tetras that I had in quarantine had laid eggs! And our well water is fairly hard! These are really easy fish to breed apparently!
Tom Pietruszka

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Albino Cory

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

I started with 3 corys and now I'm up to 7 adults and they just layed more eggs. So far I am up to 47 babies from this batch and more eggs still. I would recommend these fish to anyone.
Andrew

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Common Goldfish

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

I don't understand how most of the people that have postd here are proud to have overstocked fish tanks / aquariums. A goldfish needs a minimun of 20 gallons for one goldfish and then add an extra 10 gallons for an extra goldfish. Some people are proud to have as little as 5 litres, 15 litres or 10 gallons, which none is goon enough even for 1 goldfish. If people bothered to read even a little about how to care for their pets (goldfish) they would not be so proud to learn that they're not caring for them properly and how misrable their poor fish must be. I can not stress enough how important it is to get the right size tank in orderto keep healthy goldfish and just because some goldfish manage to live for 2 or3 years in very poor conditions, it doesn't mean that those 2 or 3 years were not agony for the poor fish. I can't think nothing crueler than sujecting your own pet to that kind of torture. It would be more humane to acctually kill it than inflict all that suffering for that period of time. If you are going to have pets then the least they deserve is to be cared for properly. Please Please Pleae people read up on how to take care of goldfish properly
Andres

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Black Moor Goldfish

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

Moor Goldfish Owners, please do not put your moor in a tank with anything other than another Moor. If you are extremely experienced then disregard as you know what types can live in harmony. Moors are my favorite:) It makes me ill when I hear "I just bought a new moor goldfish and put him in a bowl" Or " my other fish nip my moor and scare him to the other side of the tank" Or "My moor is in a 3 gallon tank". These fish CANNOT compete with anyother fish for food. If you think it is funny when your other fish nip at him try putting a pitbull in your bedroom and when ever you try to sleep it bites you. This is what your putting your Moor goldfish through. They are not athletes and their eyesite is poor but they have the best personalities of all fish I have owned. To kill a fish out of ignorance is still your fault. If you have killed more than 2 fish then pick a different hobby. Fish are not for children. If you are too busy to change 20% of the water each week then get a betta. If you do not have the money for a filter that is $20-$30 then go get a betta. If you do not have the money to buy your moor antibiotics or melafix or other remedies when it gets sick then you should not have a fish. MOOR GOLDFISH ARE THE MOST DELICATE FISH. DO NOT GET A MOOR GOLDFISH IF YOU HAVE NEVER HAD A FISH BEFORE. Start with a Betta, or a NON-FANCY Goldfish. Regular old goldfish are very very hearty as are Bettas. These are fish you can put in a 3 gallon tank and feed and have very little responsibility.
Laylovv

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Red Tail Barracuda

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

I had a red tailed barracuda once. Cool fish.
some fish lover!

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Red Piranha

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

I have a red piranha and he is amazing. I have him by himself in a 5 gallon tank and he is as fast as lightning. If it is by itself or with three or more other piranhas that are added to the tank at the same I would recommend this fish to anybody who has a empty tank looking to fill it with a freshwater fish.
some fish lover!!

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Common Goldfish

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0800

I've had comets before (but didn't know what kind of fish they were because I was around 9 or 10 then) and have just received 3 new (2in) comets to keep my larger one (about 3 in-a-halfin)company. I have a half circlc shaped tank given to me by a cousin, it's about 11 1/2in long, by 6in (remember, it's a half circle). Plus, there are plants (both plastic and real, just incase one of my sisters forgets to feed them, for we feed them thrice a day). Is that enough room because it looks a bit crowded? And I think we need a filter, because we have something that just blows bubbles, which I think is just stupid, but my mom says that that's how it filters water, it doesn't make sense! Maybe that's why my other 3 fishes from when I was littler died in 2 months! I want these to last at least 2 years!
erica

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Spotted Green Pufferfish

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:42:31 -0700

I just got the spotteed green pufferfish the other day and now he seems to be swimmin horizontally, butt in the air, and face down.. ALL the time now and im starting to worry =[....could you tell me what could be possibly be wrong?he has one other tank mate and i plan to get more.. the other tank mate is a tettra..i had gotten 2 tetra but buy the time i got homw he had killed the other one and eaten him to shreds...hes seems lifeless but he is truly really alive....could the temp of the water be to cold?
Julie

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Bristle-nose Catfish

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:42:31 -0700

I own about 8 Bristle Nose Fish, 4 are white and 4 are brown. We have had them for a while. They are cute fish and they keep the tank clean. I noticed they had 1 baby in there and I have not seen it again. I want to know how to breed them, my brother has heaps and he has done a great job breeding them. Can any 1 help me out please.
Lesley

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